No person was hurt in the shooting but such is the UK that any shooting incident is rare and makes national news headlines.

The shooting took place at a McDonalds drive through at St Andrew's Quay, shopping park, Saturday.

The shopping area is popular with locals, and beyond, and as it was the first weekend in January 2016, and the New Year, extra customers flooded the area.

According to the Hull Daily Mail the car in question had been linked to an earlier shooting.

Two men were sat in a Volkswagen Golf at the McDonald's car park Saturday when its windows were blasted.

Hull Daily Mail image of St Andrew's Quay Saturday

Two cars were involved in the shooting but it quickly emerged that the men in the Golf may be wanted by police in connection with a separate firearms incident.

Shoppers who witnessed events unfold were shocked. One, Steve Sowerby, 50, told the Hull Daily Mail he "had been to B&Q to buy a bed with his partner and son, when the drama unfolded at 11.35am on Saturday." He was shocked to see armed police that sped to the scene cops point their guns at the heads of the two men to get them out of the car.

The two men were later released from custody.

Police have since raided houses in West Hull and made a series of arrests.

Some of the raids are not related to the shooting.

Police are still piecing together events.

Opinion: Hull has a drug problem and that could be a feature. It does not need a gun problem.

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